02811oam 2200541 450 991079451590332120230627080225.00-253-05746-90-253-05745-0(OCoLC)1232016629(MiFhGG)GVRL56I1(EXLCZ)99410000001199099920210114h20212021 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDavid Ben-Gurion and the foundation of Israeli democracy /Nir Kedar ; translated by Haim Watzman1st ed.Bloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (260 pages)Perspectives on Israel studiesTranslated from the original Hebrew into English.0-253-05744-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Ben-Gurion versus a Constitution -- Democracy and the Army : Building an Army Subordinate to Democratic Government -- Establishing the Rule of Law -- Creating the State Administration -- Parliamentary Democracy and the Fight to Change the Electoral System -- A Democratic Jewish State : On the Place of Judaism in Israel -- A Sense of Peoplehood : Civic Responsibility and the Ashkenazi-Sephardi Divide -- Nationalism, Human Rights, and Security : Ben-Gurion, Israeli Arabs, and the Boundaries of Democracy and Mamlakhtiyut."In David Ben-Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy, Nir Kedar offers a poignant study of the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Kedar provides an explication of the making of Israeli democracy in terms of its institutional-legal structures and social-cultural underpinnings. David Ben-Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy connects the formal structures of democracy to the fundamental principles that they were constructed to serve-human freedom and dignity"--Provided by publisherPerspectives on Israel studies.DemocracyIsraelHistory20th centuryCivil societyIsraelHistory20th centuryConstitutional historyIsraelJudaism and stateIsraelIsraelPolitics and government1948-1967DemocracyHistoryCivil societyHistoryConstitutional historyJudaism and state956.94052092Kedar Nir1492491Watzman HaimMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910794515903321David Ben-Gurion and the foundation of Israeli democracy3715033UNINA